Ask Woody About Your Wheels

Wow! Not sure how I missed this thread.
Woody, I'm thinking about getting an F800 GS. Because I'm verry lazy I've not read all of the posts. So, if there is already something on here about 17" wheels for the F800 GS please point me in the right direction. From what I have been reading, however, It would seem you'd be able to answer my question. Because I like to have my cake and eat it too, I was wondering if you know of or build a good 17" motard type wheel set for the GS. I would love to have two sets for when I want to DS or scratch in the twisties. What kind of complications might I encounter. What would the approximate cost be.
Thanks for any help.
-T

la porte et al,,,

the spacer bing a bit longer is not a problem because you'll never be able to 'crush the bearings inner race against the outer race laterally...the 800 hub was designed to have the right/disc bearing do all the alignment chores..
hence DON"T WORRY!!!!

woody

no worryies ,,,we have a spare front hub to build ya a nice 3.5 x17 black rim for SM work,,,,

psssst....FYI,,,i'm more inclined to use a 2,50x19 on the front if you want an even more well rounded ride that's not as twitchie,,ie i think it's an all around better investment

woody

if the car wheel has 40 spokes like some very early MG's that would work with a 40 hole hub..

remember ya have to mathch the holes,,,,also later rims used 60 and td finally 72 spoke wheels,,,i have few 60 spoke hubs floatin garound,,,

basically if we can match the holes we can come up with a workable solution

woody

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,,,woody

woody im in need of a spare xr650l hub for my own project was wondering if you could help me out in this endeavor! thx!

just gotback to denver,,,will check monday when i get back to the shop...

woody

woody, guru of the lace...

r100gs has out of true rims....

cost (assuming you can bend the rims back out) to rebuild with new spokes, and black rims.

thank you,

gs'n

gs'n et al..

well i'm back and can handle this no sweat,,,,

while you are at it i highly recommend we bead blast the hubs and seal them,,,circa $35 ea

ss spokes are circa $100 /set
x-lace n true is $150 /wheel
prepping /dismantling $30-80/wheel
straightening $30-150/rim
anodizing $75-100/rim please note on these old Akront rims which weren't anodized,,,every nick can be seen,,,,we have polished these rims to the point that you'd swear they were chrome and after anodizing them the oxidation that oxzidation/corrosion that occurred at every nick get's detected in the anodizing process,,, we usually scotch brite them and remove all the nasty irregularities.. we'll discus what we'll do after seeing the rims....
S&H circa 15-20/wheel in continental usa


woody

Woody's 19/17...Caponard wheels....

they perform flawlessly....

That was the intention ,,,ya know it gives me great pleasure to build stuff like this for people that appreciate the difference,,,Psssst,,from the looks of the the confidence you exhibit,,,i'd also invest in some riding boots for you and your honey

woody

ps,,i'll post your pic in the caponord thread too....

http://www.advrider.com/forums/showthread.php?p=11276371#post11276371

bwahahaha....she is wearing leather high tops....full armour in the jacket and carbon fiber/leather gloves.... ...got to buy her some pants though...

Heya Woody.
What am I looking at cost-wise for properly done up wheels for my 800GS. I'm thinking 1.85" (or 2"??) X 21" front and 3" X 17" for the rear. Black Excel with superlace. And fixing my rear hub for proper bearing crush while you're at it.
Thanks!

circa $1600 of the top of my head...hey it's 5am

woody

Woody
I saw a nice writeup about you in the airhead rag. Way to go.

Hey Woody,
Have been wanting to let you know how much I like my wheels - 13,000km's since I received them in July and they're still nice and snug. They look pretty good too!
Cheers,
Revelstoker

Hello,I have a 09 r1200 gsa . I have put 6400m on in 5 months. I have metzler tourance on frt and rear.The tire is down to the wear bars in the tread in the center. I do ride two up about 70-% of the time.I wrench for a living so i am on top of tire preasures.Should i be getting more mileage?I thought the metz. was a tougher tire? Thanks ,auto-haus:eek1

pal,,i'd be satisfied with that mileage on that beast...you are in the ballpark,,,i'd say 39-42 PSI is in the ballpark,,,,the lower figure for riding single the higher double and loaded...

woody

these 'Sweet Pics by Ronyx' are worth a thousand and in this case then some words,,thank you for sharing,,ya have to admit there's some thing pleasing to the eye about seeing anything that exudes QUALITY..it's a universal thing too...whether great wheels or great pics

thank you for supporting my quest to share this feel-good stuff
humbly yours,,woody